Notice of Senate Passage for Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1663 AMS ENET S4755.1

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E2SHB 1663 AMS ENET S4755.1, titled AN ACT Relating to reducing methane emissions from landfills, has been passed by the Senate. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Fiscal
Year

Landfill Methane Emissions Fee

2022

2023

2024

2025

$44,495

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

2031

Total:

$44,495

Department of Ecology:

Section 13 – Fees – Beginning in FY 2025

Section 13 would allow Ecology to assess and collect such fees as may be necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this chapter.

Fees to recover IT application update costs: Currently, our internal SMS is set up to collect data pertaining to registration and air operating permit sources. Under sections 4 (8) and 7, Ecology’s existing IT application would need to be updated to have the capability to track additional data electronically submitted by owners or operators of municipal solid waste landfills as outlined in these sections. Ecology assumes the following staff costs to support system development and maintenance to be funded from APCA fees. FY 2025: $44,495

Fees to recover application review costs: Ecology assumes expenditures to review applications under section 10 could be recovered through fees, however these costs are currently indeterminate and it is unknown which account fees would be recovered in. Ecology is not currently able to estimate the number of facilities that would submit applications, the timing of those requests, and the associated workload. For purposes of illustration, if the workload were approximately 40 hours per request and costs were $94 per hour based on the agency’s current rate for the new source review fee, the cost would be approximately $3,760 per application. Ecology assumes this bill would apply to an estimated total of 35 landfills, but the number of facilities and the number of requests per facility that would be requested are unknown. Expenditures and associated fee collections could be much higher depending on the cost rate at the time and the workload required for the review. Ecology assumes expenditures for applications would be charged directly to the requesting facility.

Section 15 – Cap-and Invest-Program – Beginning in FY 2031

Under current law, RCW 70A.65.080 of the CCA, landfills are a covered entity in the cap-and-invest program beginning in 2031. Revenue from auctions collected by a financial services administrator is to be deposited into accounts as designated in chapter 70A.65 RCW. Section 15 of this bill would remove landfills as a covered entity from the cap-and-invest program.

The removal of landfills as a covered entity from the cap-and-invest program may decrease auction proceeds beginning in calendar year (CY) 2031, in accordance with Ecology’s revenue estimates submitted for 5126 E2SSB in the 2021 legislative session. Associated revenue was assumed to begin in CY 2031 and was estimated at $881,332 over the ten-year current auction revenue estimate time frame (CY 2031 through CY 2040). These impacts are beyond the timeframe of this analysis.

Ten-year projection prepared in consultation with the following agencies:

The following legislators voted yea:

Senator Tim Sheldon
Democrat
(360) 786-7668
Timothy.Sheldon@leg.wa.gov

Senator Steve Conway
Democrat
(360) 786-7656
steve.conway@leg.wa.gov

Senator Karen Keiser
Democrat
(360) 786-7664
Karen.Keiser@leg.wa.gov

Senator Phil Fortunato
Republican
(360) 786-7660
phil.fortunato@leg.wa.gov

Senator John Lovick
Democrat
(253) 275-1405
john.lovick@leg.wa.gov

Senator Sam Hunt
Democrat
(360) 786-7642
Sam.Hunt@leg.wa.gov

Senator Bob Hasegawa
Democrat
(360) 786-7616
bob.hasegawa@leg.wa.gov

Senator Christine Rolfes
Democrat
(360) 786-7644
christine.rolfes@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jamie Pedersen
Democrat
(360) 786-7628
jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov

Senator Kevin Van De Wege
Democrat
(360) 786-7646
Kevin.VanDeWege@leg.wa.gov

Senator Marko Liias
Democrat
(360) 786-7640
marko.liias@leg.wa.gov

Senator Reuven Carlyle
Democrat
(360) 786-7670
Reuven.Carlyle@leg.wa.gov

Senator Derek Stanford
Democrat
(360) 786-7600
Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov

Senator Andy Billig
Democrat
(360) 786-7604
andy.billig@leg.wa.gov

Senator Ann Rivers
Republican
(360) 786-7634
ann.rivers@leg.wa.gov

Senator David Frockt
Democrat
(360) 786-7690
david.frockt@leg.wa.gov

Senator Annette Cleveland
Democrat
(360) 786-7696
Annette.Cleveland@leg.wa.gov

Senator Yasmin Trudeau
Democrat
(360) 786-7652
yasmin.trudeau@leg.wa.gov

Senator Patty Kuderer
Democrat
(360) 786-7694
patty.kuderer@leg.wa.gov

Senator Rebecca Saldaña
Democrat
(360) 786-7688
rebecca.saldana@leg.wa.gov

Senator Manka Dhingra
Democrat
(360) 786-7672
Manka.Dhingra@leg.wa.gov

Senator Mona Das
Democrat
(360) 786-7692
DAS_MO@leg.wa.gov

Senator Joe Nguyen
Democrat
(360) 786-7667
NGUYEN_JO@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jesse Salomon
Democrat
(360) 786-7662
SALOMON_JE@leg.wa.gov

Senator Claire Wilson
Democrat
(360) 786-7658
WILSON_CL@leg.wa.gov

Senator Chris Gildon
Republican
(360) 786-7648
GILDON_CH@leg.wa.gov

Senator Emily Randall
Democrat
(360) 786-7650
RANDALL_EM@leg.wa.gov

Senator Liz Lovelett
Democrat
(360) 786-7678
liz.lovelett@leg.wa.gov

Senator T'wina Nobles
Democrat
(360) 786-7654
T'wina.Nobles@leg.wa.gov

Senator Simon Sefzik
Republican
(360) 786-7682
Simon.Sefzik@leg.wa.gov

The following legislators voted nay:

Senator Mike Padden
Republican
(360) 786-7606
mike.padden@leg.wa.gov

Senator Mark Schoesler
Republican
(360) 786-7620
mark.schoesler@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jim Honeyford
Republican
(360) 786-7684
Jim.Honeyford@leg.wa.gov

Senator Brad Hawkins
Republican
(360) 786-7622
brad.hawkins@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jim McCune
Republican
(360) 786-7602
jim.mccune@leg.wa.gov

Senator Shelly Short
Republican
(360) 786-7612
Shelly.Short@leg.wa.gov

Senator Judy Warnick
Republican
(360) 786-7624
judith.warnick@leg.wa.gov

Senator Curtis King
Republican
(360) 786-7626
curtis.king@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jeff Holy
Republican
(360) 786-7610
jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov

Senator Mark Mullet
Democrat
(360) 786-7608
mark.mullet@leg.wa.gov

Senator John Braun
Republican
(360) 786-7638
john.braun@leg.wa.gov

Senator Sharon Brown
Republican
(360) 786-7614
Sharon.Brown@leg.wa.gov

Senator Lynda Wilson
Republican
(360) 786-7632
lynda.wilson@leg.wa.gov

Senator Keith Wagoner
Republican
(360) 786-7676
keith.wagoner@leg.wa.gov

Senator Ron Muzzall
Republican
(360) 786-7618
MUZZALL_RO@leg.wa.gov

Senator Perry Dozier
Republican
(360) 786-7630
Perry.Dozier@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jeff Wilson
Republican
(360) 786-7636
Jeff.Wilson@leg.wa.gov

The following legislators were excused:

Senator June Robinson
Democrat
(360) 786-7674
june.robinson@leg.wa.gov

Senator Lisa Wellman
Democrat
(360) 786-7641
Lisa.Wellman@leg.wa.gov

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